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A national drug shortage is hitting Oklahoma. Life saving cancer medication is in short supply, and this has local doctors worried. Doctors are having to make do. They’re saving the medicine for cancer patients who need it the most. And in some cases, they’re substituting the drugs that are in critical shortage. “We don’t likeRead more

A great post from our friend, Redheaded Pharmacist. Have you ever had that day at work where everything just clicked? I’m not saying that it was a perfect day by any stretch of the imagination but things at least went smoothly and all the work was eventually completed. You know those days where yourRead more

It is the nation’s second-most abused medicine, linked to murders, celebrity overdoses and a rising tide of violent pharmacy robberies. But since 1999 federal regulators have put off deciding whether to tighten controls over hydrocodone, the addictive narcotic that is the key ingredient in Vicodin and other medicines. The Drug Enforcement Administration and Food andRead more

It looks like an oversized cash machine. But instead of spitting out greenbacks, it dispenses prescription medicine. For Michael Powell, who slipped his debit card into one of the machines at North Memorial Medical Center recently, the on-site convenience can’t be topped. “It took two minutes, maybe,” he said. “If I go to my drugRead more

What does extreme heat do to medications? I found out while we were sweating out the recent heat wave in a lake cabin in New Hampshire and my 10-year-old son’s allergies kicked up. I gave him a dose of over-the-counter medicine that usually brings quick relief. But this time the drug had no effect. TheRead more

Congratulations Brad Beck our July Pharmacist of the Month! Brad went above and beyond to fill a long term assignment that was abruptly canceled after just a few days. Without complaint, he changed his schedule and was redirected to another long term assignment within a week. His attitude has been phenomenal and we, as wellRead more

Dr. Randy Oyer was at the airport about six weeks ago when his cellphone rang. It was a York County man who had tracked down the director of Lancaster General Hospital’s cancer treatment program in the hopes that he could bring his wife to LGH because she could not get the cancer drugs she neededRead more

Dream Job Highlight: At AHS PharmStat, we know you have options when it comes to work, and we have opportunities for pharmacist and pharmacy technicians across the country! Our job is to help you find that dream job that makes you want to get up every morning. In places you have always dreamed of visiting. Read more

For a business to “make it” on Main Street, especially when there are large, box stores in the area, the local merchant must offer something the larger store more often than not doesn’t – personal service. But what happens when success leaves little time for the personal touch? For Neal Smoller and Peter Gage ofRead more

A new survey of 1,850 members of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) released today has identified two rising problems that are increasingly undermining the trusted, cost-saving patient care that millions of seniors and other Americans rely on from independent community pharmacists. NCPA asked community pharmacists about their experiences with pharmacy audits and generic-drug reimbursementRead more